Murder caused by Complex Suicide Death
Murder caused by Complex Suicide Death
Keywords:
complex suicide, murder, suicideAbstract
Complex suicides refer to suicides in which more than one method is applied. In general, the second method is used to make sure that death will occur even if the first method fails. In this article, the writer reported a 42-year-old man, who induced his death by a combination of pesticide ingestion and self-immolation. Furthermore, he intentionally tried to kill his ex-wife’s and her new husband by crashed his car into their house while he was burning himself and his car. The autopsy findings indicated that the cause of death was referred to as “death by burning”. This report described the first case of the deceased committed suicide through complex methods before committing the murder. Which is usually found that killing others before committing suicide
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2. Gunnell D, Eddleston M, Phillips MR, Konradsen F. The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: systematic review. BMC Public Health [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2020 Jun 4];7:357. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-357.
3. Marcininkowski T, Pukacka-Sokowska L, Wojciechowski T. Planned complex suicide. Forensci Sci 1974;3(1):95-100.
4. Demirci S, DoganK, Erkol Z, Deniz I. A series of complex suicide. Am J Forensic Med Path 2009;30(2):152-4.
5. Racette S, Sauvageau A. Planned and unplanned complex suicide: a 5-year retrospective study. J Forensic Med Pathol 2007;30(2):449-52.
6. Eliason S. Murder-suicide: a review of the recent literature. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2009;37(3):371-6.
7. Taff ML, Boglioli LR, Danto BL. Planned complex suicide. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1998;19(2):194. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199806000-00020
8. Youssef N, Wiem B, Sami B, Malek Z, Zouhir H, Samir M. An unusual complex suicide by pesticide ingestion and stabbing: a case report. Austin J Forensic Sci Criminol [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2020 Jun];2(4):1039. Available from:https://www.researchgate. net/publication/290448025_An_Unusual_Complex_Suicide_by_Pesticide_ Ingestion_and_ Stabbing_A_Case_Report
9. Sanjeewa HKR, Vidapathirana M. Complex suicide of drug addict; a case report. Medico-Legal J Sri Lanka 2017;5(1):18-21.
10. Kulkarni C, Mohite S, Meshram V. Unplanned complex suicide by self-stabbing and rail suicide. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2020;41(1):78-80.
11. Simonit F, Bassan F, Scorretti C, Desinan L. Complex suicides: a review of the literature with considerations on single case of abdominal self-stabbing and plastic bag suffocation. Forensic Sci Int 2018;290: 297-302.
12. Altun G. Planned complex suicide: report of three cases. Forensic Sci Int 2006;157(2-3):83-6.
13. Subramaniam K, Pankajakshan CN. A complex suicide by ligature strangulation and hanging using two different ligatures. Korean J Leg Med 2019;43(3):106-10.
14. Asamura H, Ito M, Fukushima H. An unusual suicide case of the combination of asphyxia. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2009;30(2):215-6.
15. Vapa D, Radosavkic R, Maletin M, Veselinovic I. An unusual suicide case by combination of choking and hanging. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2012;33(4):305-6.
16. Eroglu MZ, Sahan E, Kiraz S. An unusual case of unplanned complex suicide. Psychiat Clin Psychopharmacol 2017;27 (4):406-8.
17. Ambade VN, Godbole HV, Kukde HG. Suicidal and homicidal deaths: a comparative and circumstantial approach. J Forensic Legal Med 2007;14(5):253-60.
18. Simonit F, Da Broi U, Desinan L. The role of self-immolation in complex suicides: a neglected topic in current literature. Forensic Sci Int 2020;306:110073. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.110073
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2021-04-20
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